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TIFF 2023 Review: One Life – “It is in the flashbacks where the story excels”

Posted by on Sep 13, 2023 in All, biopic, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews, war | 0 comments

British stockbroker Sir. Nicholas Winton remains haunted by his time spent in Prague to evacuate refugee children from the expansion of...

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TIFF 2023 Review: Bad Boy – “Compelling performance”

Posted by on Sep 13, 2023 in All, drama, Headline, indie, Reviews, thriller, TV | 0 comments

After his mother reports him to the police, teenage Dean gets sent away to a brutal juvenile detention facility which lays the foundation...

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TIFF 2023 Review: Flora and Son – “Warms your soul and brings you comfort.”

Posted by on Sep 13, 2023 in All, drama, Film, Headline, musical, Reviews | 0 comments

Sometimes all you want is a nice movie.  The sort that warms your soul and brings you comfort.  If you’re on the hunt for such a...

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TIFF 2023 Review: Memory – “Quiet and tender”

Posted by on Sep 13, 2023 in All, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews | 0 comments

Back in 2020, covering the Toronto International Film Festival from home,  I watched a film that left me wide-eyed, mouth open, not...

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TIFF 2023 Review: The Teacher’s Lounge – “A well-crafted film”

Posted by on Sep 12, 2023 in All, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews | 0 comments

“Truth overcomes all bonds. Everything else is just PR.” Those words that adorn the walls of the school paper are fitting, if not slightly...

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TIFF 2023 Review: The End We Start From – “An apocalyptic drama with a unique take.”

Posted by on Sep 12, 2023 in All, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews | 0 comments

As climate change continues to get more severe around the globe, we are left with questions as to what we will do when catastrophe hits....

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TIFF 2023 Review: Shoshana

Posted by on Sep 12, 2023 in action, All, drama, Film, Headline, indie, Reviews, thriller, war | 0 comments

Shoshana bears witness to the atrocities committed by Arabs, Jews and the British in Palestine prior and during World War II which in turn...

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TIFF 2023 Review: The Critic – “There is a stage play quality that is unshakably present”

Posted by on Sep 12, 2023 in All, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews, thriller | 1 comment

An unscrupulous theatre critic will do anything to ensure that he remains in his prestigious position. When a publisher dies, his son is...

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TIFF 2023 Review: After the Fire – “A great deal of planning and care has been taken”

Posted by on Sep 12, 2023 in All, drama, Film, Headline, indie, Reviews, thriller | 0 comments

A young Arab living in the immigrant French suburb of Strasbourg and known for being a drug user dies in police custody which leads to his...

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TIFF 2023 Review: Not a Word

Posted by on Sep 12, 2023 in All, drama, Film, Headline, indie, Reviews, thriller | 0 comments

When her teenage son Lars ends up in the hospital under suspicious circumstances, orchestra conductor Nina decides that is time for the...

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